Legal Opinion
Statek Corp. V Development Specialists, Inc. (In Re Coudert Bros. Llp)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 2012No. Docket 10-2723-BKPublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Statek Corporation appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, /.), affirming the order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Drain, J.) disallowing its claim against the estate of Coudert in In re Coudert Brothers LLP, Case No. 06-12226 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.) and affirming the denial of Statek’s motion to reconsider the bankruptcy court’s order.
The bankruptcy court should not have applied the choice of law rules of New York, the state in which it sits, but instead…
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